As President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast on Coronavirus in Nigeria continue to generate reactions, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the speech as appalling.
The party’s reaction was contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan.
In the statement, PDP insisted that Buhari failed to offer solutions to the COVID-19 challenge facing Nigerians.
It also expressed disappointment that the President was unable to provide post lockdown stimulus to Nigerians in the private sector.
PDP Blasts Buhari Over Nationwide Broadcast
The statement reads: “The PDP is appalled that President Buhari, in his Monday’s COVID-19 address, again, failed to offer decisive solutions to protect Nigerians from the deadly pandemic.
“We express disappointment that President Buhari did not offer any post lockdown stimulus to assist Nigerians in the private sector whose businesses had been crippled by the lockdown and are now faced with the burden of workers’ salaries and business refinancing.”
“Apart from the elementary lockdown and failed palliative showboating, President Buhari did not offer a decisive solution regarding the production of drugs, testing kits and management of equipment to safeguard Nigerians, despite the huge resources at the disposal of his administration.”
“Buhari did not address the demands by Nigerians to end his administration’s political parochialism and engage competent hands, including indigenous researchers, equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical, medical as well as virology experts to infuse homegrown therapeutic solutions in the overall effort.”
The party further insisted that had Buhari heeded this demand by Nigerians at the onset of the pandemic, the situation would not have escalated to this frightening level with no solution in sight.
You will recall that President Buhari had on Monday in a nationwide broadcast further extended the lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun state till May 4th.
